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Keg Party Extreme and Conversation Party, 2006, multimodal environments

Keg Party Extreme, 2006, Sarah Hatton, Melissa McGurgan, Xiang-Jun Wang, Multimodal Environment developed for the SMALLab

Keg Party Extreme is an interactive multimodal environment where participants can explore the aftermath of a college keg party. Various stories are hidden in 3d hot spots noted by digital artifacts like bottles, a bra, cups, and puddles on the floor.

Participants explore the party using the SMALLab glowballs. They move their bodies through the space and casually interact with the media, engaging with other participants in a conversation about the mysteries of the party.

Tools, scripts, software, equipment and ephimera:

SMALLab system, Photoshop, original images, original audio

VIDEO of participants engaging with Keg Party Extreme

Keg Party Extreme: An Interactive, Multimedia Experience from Sarah Hatton on Vimeo.

Images

detail of the keg

a participant explores the space

A participant listens to the sounds associated with the keg

Conversation Party

Conversation Party, Sarah Hatton, Melissa McGurgan and XJ Wang, 2006, multimodal environment created for the SMALLab

Conversation Party is similar to Keg Party Extreme in that it is an interactive multimodal environment about party culture, however, in this environment two participants can enage in a fictional conversation as if they were two people at a party.

Tools, scripts, software, equipment and ephimera:

SMALLab system, Photoshop, original images, original audio

VIDEO of Conversation Party

Conversation Party Documentation from Sarah Hatton on Vimeo.